A big travelling day starting at 8 which was a bit early. Went straight to the Blarney Castle to kiss the stone which is supposed to give you the gift of the gab and Irish eloquence. If you ahve read any of this blog then you will realise that it was a crock and obviously has not worked. Said goodbye to Conrad who was going to his nieces baptism...

The day started very positively, woke up opened the curtains, and did a big double take as it as snowing! Proper, everything covered in white snow. So after a quick snowman we headed for Gatwick to catch our 1230 flight for Dublin. We got to the airport and my first thoughts were, wow its really busy here but i suppose it is school holidays. Tur...

4th Country - Vietnam By the first or second week in June we should be in Hanoi, Vietnam. We have no set plan for Vietnam just to take things day by day but there are a few things we'd definately like to make time for. We'll spend a few days in Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. In Hanoi we plan to spend a day by the Hoan Kiem lake and sample t...

Ok, So I know more people are reading my blog than are actually replying. I know who you are... Now back to the present. I'm like a wet kitten, here in Dublin; it rains ALOT. You know those t-shirts with a sheep in each season where it says "Ireland in Spring", "Ireland in Summer", "Ireland in Fall," and "Ireland in Winter", with it raining on t...